♪ ♪ hello there, thank you for joining us. significant games against the islamic state against isil. they have pushed isil out of the town which about 50-kilometers north of the armed groups biggest strong hold. elsewhere the curds with help from u.s. air strikes have helped them retreat, which can is also north, that base is important because it linked to other isil outposts this the provinces of aleppo. this fighters says they are discovered a tunnel. it is not clear whether fighters used it to smuggle in people from turkey into syria.

they have been making gains on the border and have taken baxter story from isil the latest discovery was after they took this post now that the fighting is over, hundreds of families have returns, but despite kurdish forces pushing back there are concerns over the advances they have accused the curds of driving out tribesman. the coalition made a fact finding mission to assess the situation. they were blocked from entering. >> we with were asked to communicate with the ypg forces but they refused to allow members of the fact finding committee to enter. claims that they have a political position and that the committee is biased the fighters deny discrimination and abuse, they say the check

points. >> we with share the town as this and for all ypg is for arabs as well as it is for the curds. >> which has accused forces of ethnic cleansing the government considers the establishment of the area if the forces make major gains you will find them investing more in particular? the line is saying well with, they are helping the curds at the experience of the arabs in syria, this has become a major security concern inside turkey. fighters have advanced to the outskirts of the province. they have taken villages from isil control. while opposition fighters are con can sol dates their gains. as people return to the round

abouts carrying out public executions and concerns of ethnic biases. they are hoping that the worst is over, al jazeera. a number of residential districts in the northern city of aleppo. 19 were killed during evening prayer in the rebel held. and the u.n. reports says all sides involved in the war are hurting civilians whether through attacks or sieges that cut off food supplies people seem to be deliberately targeted even though they are not involved in the fight. no doubt that millions of people have been effected. hit by barrel bomb attacks launched by the government recent reports says there's

been attack every day this year. the groups use redirect examination in residential areas that kill people indiscriminately. the report says the military and rebel groups have put people under siege, by blocking off the access to food and other supplies. the u.n. has gather add list of perp tray ever toes. >> we with do advocate particularly barrel bombs which have been dropped by government authorities on the other front, of course, the government armed groups are also using weapons illegally and indiscriminately such as mortars or beau. s made from gad tanks. according to a report, issues by the mediterranean human rights institute women are being targeted.

the group interviews some othat has been arrested since last year. the report says many confessions made by the women in jail were extracted under torture, the human rights network says nearly 3,000 women are still in government detention centers. at least 120 of them are under 18. and there are other cares of child abuse this video recently seen online appears to show a 15-year-old begging for mercy, as he is beating by pro government forces. another side of a war with that has effects all parts of society, whether male or female, old or young. a heat wave in pakistan's province has killed now more than 600 people.

that quarters of the death where temperatures have now reached 45 degrees celsius soldiers are distributed fluids but as it is ramadan many are not drinking during the day. many the largest city corruption, hundreds of patients for heat related ailments including dehydration and exhaustion. her blood pressure shot up because of the intense heat this is the muslim fasting month of ramadan. and many people in pack span abstain from food and water during daylight, to preliminary kate matters the electricity grid collapsed because of the increased demand in this city used to severe power cuts many are

criticizing the government. >> i am greatly worries i have no water and no power. i have been wandering here and there for an hour to face ice. after trying hard i got very little ice. >> the government is responsible for this, the houses are deprived of power theres no ice available on the market, the heat is unbearable, people are dieing in the heat the army and par military rangers have set up heat stroke treatment centers while schools and pus lick offices are closed until temperatures cool down many are now hoping for relief from the clouds. with rain predicted in the coming days heavy rain has caused flash fooding in the eastern province. flooding has cut off power supplies and roads. in the streets cars were with swept acquire and in farmland p cos were ruined.

there have been no reports of casualties so far. >> forces supporting. witnesses say government forces were able to retake some areas from the rebels. the afghan team says it has taken back the district from taliban fighters. forcing many in the provincial capitol from their homes. al jazeera reports now from kabul. taliban fighters are at the gates of the city, here pushing pushing the afghan army into the capitol. this normally bustling city is launchly deserted. people are worries fighters just a few kilometers away could attack. and that means business is back. these days we have to pay

rent from our savings you can can see there's no one with in the market or the town everyone has left, they have gone somewhere else. in a nearby field their harvests the eggplants early rather than lose the crops to the fighting. mohamed harmful effects already fled once from a neighboring district. >> the taliban came after us, destroys everything we had there, i was injured they hit me. then we with came here, to live our life in the city. we are farming here just to survive, all we want is peace the government has sent thousands of police to fight the taliban they say they have driven the group from the district. >> currently afghan forces are starting cleaning operations there and the fighters are being chased house to house we with have found 85 dead bodies including foreign fighters so far. >> but the military progress is no con can silllation for the civilians.

tens of thousands have already been displaces now many are leaving the city carries whatever they can jennifer glass al jazeera. >> in the united states, a senior mississippi politician has said he is in favor of removing the con fed rate emblem from the state's flag this following the governor of south carolina call for the removal of the flag from state grounds the man charged with nine african-american people last week, posed with the flag in pictures posted online and as the debate around the emblem intensifies wal-mart which is the world's largest retailer, has said it will remove con fed rate flag merchandise from it's stores. in the south carolina cap can toll where the debate about the banner is intensifying, chris, we are hearing politician come out on this issue, but just how devicive is it with ordinary people?

well, it is a very devicive subject here and, in fact, most of the state has been enduring with this for the last 50 years south carolina started flying the flag on it's state grounds at 1 point flying it above the dome for the last 50 years or so, and ever since that time, it's been a hotdy debated issue but an issue that has not gone away until now possibly. because the governor yesterday, called for the removal of the flag, from the state house grounds. that has rally add lot of support among the people, who have opposed the flag flying on the state grounds. from the very beginning. the state legislature is inside and state house building debating budget issues but expecting to take up the flag issue.

and opponents are optimistic that it might even come down before the end of summer. >> so obviously what happened last week, with the shooting in the church has galvanized the debate, and a lot of people are making their voices heard. what do sup is porters say. >> the argument basically the supporter has been that it is not about hatred. that it is about history and heritage. that the people that flew the flag in the civil war were with all about allegiance to the state and to the southern ounited states, so it had nothing to do with hatred, that it is unfortunately evolved into in present day that it has become a symbol of racism and

of hatred and it has been but for right now the supporters say they are not going to give up hope they continue to fight for the right to fly the flag on state grounds and certainly no one with is going to be impinging upon their rights to fly the flags personally. on their own personal vehicles on their license plates, even on their own private property, it is just that it is no longer going to be sanctioned on state property speaking to froes the capitol of south carolina thank you sir still ahead on al jazeera. a price hike from a russian owns company leads to riots inar mania. >> plus. migrants leaving far behind them countries like iraq,

syria, afghanistan, and yemen, not far ahead now along a well warn path hungary boarder and the european union.

>> "inside story" takes you beyond the headlines, beyond the quick cuts, beyond the sound bites. we're giving you a deeper dive into the stories that are making our world what it is. >> ray suarez hosts "inside story". only on al jazeera america. time now for a reminder of the top stories here. kurdish fighters have made significant gains against the islamic state of iraq. they have pushed isil out of the town near the arm ad groups biggest strong hold. a heat wave has now killed more than 600 people, and the

afghan army says it is taken back the district from taliban fighters. foreign ministers from russia germany, prance, and ukraine are meeting to discuss the on going conflict in eastern ukraine. the talks in paris are part of a new round of efforts to try to end the crisis which can is seen a recent rise in violence. the conflict has killed more than 6,400 people since last year. and the u.s. has announced it will send about 250 tanks armored vehicles and other equipment to central and eastern europe. it is meant to reassure nato allies during the most tense stand off between the west and russia, since the cold war. the equipment will be sent to bulgaria astoria latvia, lithuania, poland and romania. >> we just had an informative session, and unfortunately we had to spend time about the recent attempts to turn back the clock in europe. especially here. in the baltic ren joe.

and we each agreed that while we do not seek a cold let alone hot war we will defend our allies, the rule based international order and the positive future can that it ard toes us all. >> well, al jazeera joins us live now from moscow, as part of the stand off between nato and russia, we have seen troop deployments like this, we have seen a lot of military exercises on both sides. what we action have we had. >> what they announced today was not really new, it was something that was floating at least a week ago when they said that it was thinking about doing just such a thing. about prepositioning heavy weaponry, on the territories of even european.

and following the floating of this idea from the united states, last week, we have vladimir putin saying that russia was with going to be adding 40 new intercontinental missiles to it's nuclear capabilities now there was question whether this was new or whether it was replacing older more obsolete technology. it looks like it is more of the ladder but it dust suggest that this is turning into a game of one upmanship, and nobody is blinking. >> and of course, this focus from the instability in ukraine, this is a meeting going on about ukraine in paris right now, what can we

expect from that the meeting is what is called the normandy fortunate. representatives of france, germany, and russia and ukraine, this particular meeting is involving foreign ministers of those particular country cans so they all gathered in paris to have a chat about what is going on in ukraine. what we are expecting is not all that much, it is. >> looking particularly good we have heard the monitoring group, that has the situation deteriorating since april, both sides have been breeching the cease fire, and the agreements reached in mincing, and that's the context really for this so we will have to wait and see but the signs not particularly helpful. >> with the latest from moscow, thank you.

>> requires it to take refugees and then travel on to another country. a government spokesman said hungary is the moore overburdened effected by illegal immigration. serb is yeah has reacted with shock to build a fence along their shared border. al jazeera spoke to people at a serbian border town, as they prepared to make the crossing. they have been on the roads for weeks they are afraid of arrest and police violence. the charity visits twice a week, at the far end of the camp the medic find as woman who has suffer admission carriage, many who have left family behind prefer not to be identified.

>> where do you all come from. >> afghanistan. >> everyone from afghanistan. >> all of us, these guys. >> everywhere we with going problem. >> the police were asking for money. >> yes they ask about money. >> and they beat you up. >> yes strongly beat in my whole body i feel pain. >> where are you going. >> i am going to austria. >> belgium. >> london. >> london. >> they seldom stay more than a night or two in these little encampments in the long grass desperate people courageous people, resting their weary legs and achy bones before continuing a long long journey leaving far behind them countries like afghanistan, iraq, and not fab ahead of them now along a well worn path the hungary boarder and the european

union so the people are off in quite bad shape when they reach this point are they. >> yes, of course, they come here really exhausted and tires, and like really need help, and medical care accused mad is a prosecutor who fled afghanistan with his wife and two children, she needs medical attention, the children asked for sweets and chocolate. >> what do you term them about the future? what do you tell them about the life that they can expect in europe? i would like to have a good future, because we with leave a country can for this, for them because they should get an education another freaked visitor is hungary priest. his van filled with bread water and basics like socks and shoes. >> i have seen many thousands of people here, but this is

just a fraction of the people crossing the border, and many of them are not coming right here. just going directly, they have their moneys and their way withs and the smuggler system, working. >> within hours most will have left on the road to what they hope is a better life the only certainty is that many more will follow. al jazeera, serbia. >> the rail tunnel linking france and the u.k. is to remain closed for the rest of tuesday after a strike by french port workers police have removed hundreds of ferry workers after some set fire to tires. this is the main road heading out towards the tunnel entrance, this seems to be have been a disturbance. >> scores of migrants desperate to reach britain. >> some manage to jump on to the back of a vehicle making the most of a strike by

french workers at the ports here is a driver chases a group away. else where, police tried in vain to keep them away from the roads. workers from ferry company have been blockades the port and the tunnel that's led to traffic on nearby roads slowing to a crawl. >> we with went with to blockade a tub nell until 11:00 a.m., when we were with moved by security people. one of our colleagues has been quite seriously wounded it's a shame. >> truck drivers are being advised to stick together and make sure all the doors are locked. there are thought to be about 3,000 living rough hoping to make it across the channel. some have been seen on the tracks and for now all train

services between france and the u. k. are suspended. al jazeera rwanda has reacted to news that the head of intelligence has been arrested in london. wanted in spain on suspicion of terrorism. 58 al jazeera has more. he is due to appear at this courtroom on thursday, where we will hear the outcome of that extradition request from spain the spainish authorities have indicted him for war crimes committed allegedly, in the mid 90's, in the period when the r pf took power, and when the tutsis is minority sufficient iserred a again side in rwanda. the allegation, is that the rpfist carried out massacres oif houthis majority and that he was involved with this. he is also wanted in the murder of a specific crime

three spanish aid workers who knew too much about the involvement in killing of hutu villages. this case puts the british authorities here in an awkward portion. they have close ties with the ruin dan government, neff tended to turn a behind eye to any human rights abused in that country because they have been impressed by social and economic progress, and because they see the president as an important strategic partner. so the british authorities will be watching this with with some preppation and concern can. >> rising prices have prompted large protests. candidate drew potter reports. >> riot police move in on

hundreds of protestors in the capitol backed by water canyon uniform and plain clothes officers arrested more than 200 early on tuesday. the crowd had been part of a largest protest on monday that attracted about 5,000 people. they are angry at the decision to raise the tariff on electricity by 17 to 22%. after the protestors were stopped they blocked an avenue overnight refusing to disburse. the borders are blocked because of an on going

dispute, meaning it's largely depend on exports to russia and the money working there send home. with the downturn hittingar mania hard, so is the pressure increasing on the government. more on the website. we're going to explore the intersection of hardware and humanity and we're doing it in a unique way. this is a show about science by scientists. tonight, techknow investigates the ivory trail they've tried to seize it,